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high school social studies teacher and football coach making his national debut. >> that soon-to-be president harris says when we fight, we win! >> major: the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ good evening, everyone. i'm major garrett. norah is on assignment. welcome to the spotlight, tim walz. there is the minnesota governor and vice president kamala harris in battleground pennsylvania tonight, hitting the stage for the first time together to roaring cheers that lasted more, when they arrived, than 2 minutes. harris made the call this morning, banking on the appeal of a straight-talking midwesterner who used to be a high school teacher and football coach. the duo will now target moderate and independent voters, among others, as they blitz at least five battleground states over the next week. we have team coverage of today's announcement, starting with cbs's nancy cordes, who reports on how walz sealed the deal. >> reporter: vice president harris and her new running mate got a rapturous welcome here in philadelphia,

where the line to attend their first joint rally stretched more than six city blocks. >> to his former high school students, he was mr. walz. to his former high school football players, he was coach. and in 91 days... [cheers and applause] the nation will know coach walz by another name: vice president of the united states. [cheers and applause] >> she believes in the promise of america. we just have to fight. we just have to fight. because as soon to be president harris says "when we fight, we win." >> reporter: sources close to the selection process tell cbs news it was his leadership

experience and strong rapport with harris that pushed governor walz to the top of her list. >> hi, this is tim. >> it's kamala harris. good morning, governor. >> reporter: campaign cameras were rolling this morning when harris called walz to offer him the job. >> listen, i want you to do this with me. let's -- let's do this together. would you be my running mate and let's get this thing on the road? >> it will be a privilege to take this with you across the country. >> reporter: the choice was embraced today by democratic leaders and union leaders, by progressives like bernie sanders, who called walz a great asset, and by moderates like west virginia's joe manchin, who said, "i can think of no one better than governor walz to bring balance back to the democratic party." as governor, walz has signed laws to expand paid leave and boost background checks for gun >> are they a threat to a hunter himself, walz will be counted on to take the fight into the heartland. >> are they a threat to democracy? yes. are they going to take our rights away? yes. are they going to put people's lives in danger? yes. >> reporter: the trump-vance campaign called the democratic

ticket dangerously liberal today. >> tim walz's record is a joke. he's been one of the most far left radicals in the united states government at any level. >> reporter: vice president harris and governor walz, who is speaking now, chose to launch their partnership here in pennsylvania because it is the nation's largest battleground state, but they are going to be traveling across the country together all week, heading to his territory, the midwest, tomorrow. major? >> major: 19 electoral votes there in pennsylvania. nancy cordes on the scene for us, thank you so much. tim walz's path to the presidential ticket went from the army national guard to the schoolhouse to capitol hill to the governor's mansion. cbs's ed o'keefe has more on who walz is and where he stands. >> reporter: a quip by tim walz two weeks ago about former president donald trump and running mate j.d. vance grabbed democrats' attention. >> these are weird people on the other side. they want to take books away. they want to be in your exam room. >> reporter: and it caught on. >> by the way, don't you find

some other stuff to just be plain weird? >> reporter: born i nebraska, the 60-year-old governor in his second term has marveled at the interest in him. >> i don't know if every high school geography teacher expects to be in this position at some point. >> reporter: he also coached a state champion high school football team. an army national guard veteran, walz first ran for congress in 2006, concerned about the iraq war. >> our troops deserve a plan to win the peace. >> reporter: he represented a southern minnesota district that strongly backed trump in 2016 and developed a bipartisan reputation that got him elected governor in 2018. critics blamed him for a flat-footed response in 2020 to violence sparked by george floyd's murder in minneapolis. >> this has obviously been the most difficult week in minnesota in recent history. >> reporter: a series of police reforms, and putting a ban on choke holds, followed. more recently, he signed bills expanding school meals programs. [cheers and applause] banning conversion therapy for minors and protecting abortion services. even visiting a women's health clinic in minnesota with harris.

he and his wife, gwen, have two children, including a daughter conceived through ivf. >> governor walz here out at the state fair with my daughter. >> hope. >> reporter: who starred with him in some of his most popular videos. >> get some corn dogs. >> i'm a vegetarian. >> turkey, then. >> reporter: we are told when harris called, walz initially didn't answer because the call came up as no caller i.d. he answered and accepted, and the duo has now raised at least $20 million since the announcement this morning. another sign, major, a fresh enthusiasm for the democratic ticket. >> major: not a spam call after all. ed o'keefe, thank you. tropical storm debby is slowly making its way up the east coast, dropping record rain, flooding streets, and lashing communities along the shorelines. cbs's manuel bojorquez reports from the storm zone. >> reporter: in moncks corner, south carolina, north of charleston, a tornado from tropical storm debby tore through businesses and turned over cars. >> one gentleman said shopping carts were flying in the air around him and he jumped on top

of a young lady to protect her from the glass. >> reporter: debby brought heavy rain, wind, and flooding to charleston, where mayor william cogswell extended monday night's curfew until wednesday. >> we especially don't be any yahoos driving through the water and causing damage to property. >> reporter: at least 9 inches of rain have already inundated the city, and another 8-10 inches are forecast through friday. charleston was a ghost town today. >> too much, too much. easy, easy. >> reporter: except in the spot, where a man who goes by abdul was behind the cash register at this convenience store, where he has worked for 27 years. >> every storm, i'm open. nobody open, just me. [laughs] >> reporter: after making landfall as a category 1 hurricane on florida's west coast on monday,. >> too georgia. >> reporter: i'm cristian benavides in savannah, georgia, where some roads remain closed. while flooding did not reaching the historic levels that officials warned about, the heavy rainfall still left some residents picking up the pieces.

>> my first instinct was to go check on my kids because... >> reporter: shakennah conyers, a single mother of four, was sleeping while tropical storm debby pummeled her neighborhood. her roof caved in after this tree was uprooted by the storm. family belongings in her living room and kitchen are ruined, and her apartment is uninhabitable. >> for my kids, all i know is to put a smile on my face and say we going to be okay. >> reporter: from here in charleston now, we can report that, as you can see, there has been a break in the rain. that has allowed the water in this once-flooded neighborhood to subside. but the threat is by no means over, as the storm continues to churn just off the coast. a flash flood warning has been extended into tonight. major? >> major: manuel bojorquez, thank you. turning now to breaking news. the justice department has charged a pakistani man in a murder-for-hire plot against u.s. government officials and

politicians, including former president trump. sources tell cbs news that intelligence about this alleged plot prompted the secret service to ramp up security assets for the former president. cbs's nicole sganga has the details. >> reporter: the complaint accuses pakistani man asif merchant, allegedly tied to iran, of orchestrating a plan to assassinate government officials on u.s. soil. one of those officials, former president donald trump. >> law enforcement officials received a tip, and then reportedly used a range of tools and tactics to catch him engaging in criminal behavior. >> reporter: the complaint alleges merchant traveled to new york in april, contacting a potential business partner to assist him with rounding up hitmen. instead, that individual alerted the fbi and began working with investigators as a confidential source. the confidential source accompanied merchant on scouting missions to new york city clubs, potential recruitment spots, and shelled out $5,000 to undercover agents posed as would-be assassins. >> while we still don't know the

level of connection this individual had with the iranian regime itself, what is clear is that iran has a long memory. >> reporter: iran has long vowed to retaliate against trump and other top u.s. officials after they ordered a drone strike in 2020 which killed qassem soleimani, the head of the powerful quds force. last year, former national security advisor john bolton spoke to "60 minutes" about the iranian plot against him in 2022. >> so what exactly was the plot against you? >> the revolutionary guard sought to procure either my kidnapping or my assassination. not directly by a revolutionary guards member, but by seeking a hit man who would carry out the job, either in the u.s. or abroad. >> reporter: merchant was arrested last month within days of the attempted assassination

of former president trump at a rally in butler, pennsylvania. but investigators have not found evidence of any connection, major. >> major: an important distinction. nicole sganga, thank you so very much. tonight, the middle east is bracing for a retaliatory strike on israel by iran and its proxies over the recent assassinations of hamas and hezbollah leaders. cbs's imtiaz tyab is in beirut. >> reporter: in a fiery speech via video link, hezbollah chief hasan nasrallah told supporters that following last week's assassinations of a top hezbollah military commander and hamas' main political leader, israel should be afraid of iran's planned revenge attack. and from what he called the

access of resistance, which also includes hamas and the houthis. well, as supporters of hezbollah vow to avenge the assassination, we can hear the sound of israeli fighter jets in the skies above beirut break the sound barrier. hours earlier, hezbollah drones were seen above the northern israel city of nahariya, targeted by air defense missiles. but one missile missed its target and crashed to the ground, injuring several people at a bus stop. a later israeli air strike in southern lebanon killed four. this volatile tit-for-tat is of widely seen as a prelude to a much feared wider war and comes as the pentagon announced it moved another aircraft carrier to the region to join the u.s. warships already there. and tonight, cbs news has learned a squadron of f-18 fighter jets have been sent from the uss theodore roosevelt to an airbase at an unnamed middle east partner nation with f-22s also on the way as the region continues to brace for iran and its proxies' response to israel's brazen assassinations. major? >> major: imtiaz tyab, thank you. simone biles is no stranger to the olympic podium, we all know that, but this may be the most enduring image of her on the medal stand. she tells cbs news what was behind that bow next. ♪ ♪

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gymnastics legend. >> yep, she's good. >> reporter: simone biles proved once again why she's called the g.o.a.t., winning three gold medals and one silver at the 2024 paris olympic games. i've heard you say that your goal coming in here was to win the team gold. how good are you feeling right now? >> oh, my gosh, we were ecstatic about that, obviously, since it's so early in the competition. once that finishes, it's kind of onto the next. >> reporter: there were plenty of those highs. along with some lows. biles fell off the balance beam and did not medal in the event. >> no regrets. >> reporter: and a few steps out-of-bounds on her floor routine meant brazilian rebeca andrade took top spot in the floor and on the podium. the first podium three black gymnasts shared. why is good sportsmanship so important to you? >> i think it is because everyone of us have worked hard to get on this world stage and compete to the best of our abilities, so why not support one another, win or lose with grace?

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tactics. >> look at the volume in this hair. >> reporter: 23-year-old awa sanneh made a name for herself dispensing beauty tips on tiktok. >> i just peed in the white house. >> reporter: so when she posted this video of her white house bathroom, her half a million followers took notice. >> i was just shocked. i was like, did you guys see that marble? >> reporter: sanneh, who met us in houston, was one of a few dozen influencers invited to the white house to watch the state of the union and meet president biden. >> he said to us, the collective presence in this room has more viewership on gen z than all of traditional media combined. >> so here is my birth control vlog. >> reporter: this viral video she posted after the fall of roe v. wade... >> over the united states of my uterus. >> reporter: that caught the attention of a super pac. on the right, turning point usa has mobilized influencers for years, raising nearly $200 million since 2020. >> you realize they're coming for you guys next. >> reporter: now democrats are flooding the creator community

with cash and providing behind-the-scenes access. >> come with me to meet the president of the united states. >> we just have to work with them, and if we are not, we are missing a huge way voters are getting in the world. >> reporter: rob flaherty runs digital strategy, previously at the biden white house, and now for the harris campaign. >> you think you just fell out of a coconut tree? >> reporter: he called the highly meme-able harris a massive asset as the campaign reaches out to thousands of influencers. >> reporter: what kind of coaching do you give influencers acting on behalf of the harris campaign? >> resources, base language. >> reporter: while flaherty said the harris campaign does not pay influencers directly, cbs news found a constellation of other democratic political organizations that do. in may, future forward, the super pac supporting harris, hosted panels like gaming the algorithm and how advocacy can benefit your business. >> in the first 100 days of a republican presidency under trump, project 2025 talks about sacking thousands of civil servants. >> reporter: last month,

sanneh said she was hired by protect our care, an advocacy group that relies on anonymous donors. she made a video warning about trump's second term agenda that most help you script it, right? >> right, definitely. >> reporter: she takes their talking points and puts them into her own voice, saying she always discloses when she is being paid. what's your rate? >> so a video just for a creator of my size, an average can go from $3,000 to $10,000 depending and upwards. >> this is a bid by campaigns to create authenticity at a small scale. >> reporter: university of pittsburg's sam woolley studies political influencers. how can you tell what is a genuine, grassroots expression of political opinion, versus what's being paid for? >> if you see multiple influencers spreading the same exact message, you can start to realize, hm, some kind of coordination is going on.

>> reporter: next up for sanneh, the democratic national convention. >> they just told us that if we wanted our own show, that they would give us all the resources to do that. >> reporter: democrats are rolling out the red carpet. >> definitely, and i'm glad to be on it. >> reporter: the beauty influencer adding her own filter to this presidential campaign. for "eye on america," jo ling kent, houston. >> major: up next, the san diego zoo welcomes two new unbearably cute residents. >> announcer: this portion of the "cbs evening news" is brought to you by nurtec odt. ♪ ♪ you by zurich tech odt ♪ ♪ with nurtec odt, i found relief. the only migraine medication that helps treat and prevent, all in one. to those with migraine, i see you. for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura and the preventive treatment of episodic migraine in adults. don't take if allergic to nurtec odt. allergic reactions can occur, even days after using. most common side effects were nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain.

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